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TESTA v. JANSSEN

Civ. A. No. 76-54.

482 F.Supp. 1195 (1980)

Jimmy TESTA, John Thomas and Carl Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. Danny JANSSEN, Bobby Hart, Jeff S. Wald, Helen Reddy, Pocket Full of Tunes, Inc., The Wes Farrell Organization, and Capitol Records, Inc., Wes Farrell, and The Big Apple Music Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

January 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving M. Portnoy, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Robert D. Yeager, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Jeff Wald, Helen Reddy and Capitol Records.

G. Daniel Carney, Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert C. Osterberg, New York City, for Wes Farrell, The Wes Farrel Organization, Pocket Full of Tunes, Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart, and the Big Apple Music Co.

OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

I. History of Case

This is a civil action for injunctive relief and damages for alleged copyright infringement pursuant to the Federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1338.

Plaintiffs, Jimmy Testa, John Thomas and Carl Thomas were assigned all right, title, and interest to an original composition entitled, "Kept on Singing" in 1971...

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